China opposes the use of "competition" to define Sino-US relations.
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Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, and Sullivan, assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs, met in Zurich, Switzerland, on October 6, local time.
Compared with the Anchorage meeting in March this year and the visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman to Tianjin in July this year, the re-meeting between the Chinese and american high-level in neutral Switzerland seems to have finally come up with something.
On October 6, local time, Yang Jiechi and Sullivan met in Zurich, Switzerland
This morning, the news released by the news network public account said that -
"The two sides had a comprehensive, frank and in-depth exchange of views on Sino-US relations and international and regional issues of common concern. The meeting was constructive and conducive to enhancing mutual understanding. The two sides agreed to take action to implement the spirit of the september 10 call between the two heads of state, strengthen strategic communication, properly manage differences, avoid conflict and confrontation, seek mutual benefit and win-win results, and work together to promote China-US relations back to the right track of healthy and stable development. ”
However, if the focus of attention is shifted from the conference itself to other places, it will be found that even such a conference outcome is not easy to obtain. The back is full of fiercer battles and confrontations than in the venue...
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Let me take one example – the Taiwan issue. At the venue in Zurich, Yang Jiechi expounded China's solemn and just position on Issues related to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, sea, and human rights, and demanded that the US side earnestly respect China's sovereignty, security, and development interests, and stop using the above issues to interfere in China's internal affairs.
The US side said it adheres to the one-China policy.
The six-nation fleet that participated in the exercise held a military parade near the Ryukyu Islands
But what about outside the venue? As China enters the National Day Golden Week, the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers HMS Reagan and HMS Carl Vinson and the British Navy aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth conduct joint training with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force off the southwest coast of Okinawa near the Ryukyu Islands. In addition, the Netherlands, Canada and New Zealand also participated in the training. In the message from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, there was a comment that "countries have implemented a rare training of three aircraft carriers aimed at containing China' intensification of maritime activities."
The Izumo completed the take-off and landing test of the fighter and in fact transformed into an aircraft carrier
HaiShu not only noted that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force had made a rather understated statement about its use of the helicopter destroyer Ise, which resembled an aircraft carrier, and the Aegis ship Kirishima, to participate in the six-nation exercise, but also noticed that the Japanese helicopter destroyer Izumo conducted F-35B fighter take-off and landing training in the Pacific Ocean on October 3. Although the Izumo was flown by U.S. Marine Corps fighters at Iwagoku Base in Japan, this move actually announced that the Izumo had completed its aircraft carrier transformation and become a real aircraft carrier. This offensive weapon possessed by Japan in violation of the Constitution was in fact driven by the US military and became an "auxiliary police" that the United States, which regarded itself as the "world policeman," was vainly trying to install in the so-called "Indo-Pacific" region.
Screenshots of Taiwan's green media Liberty Times
However, the Chinese side is not moved by the United States to gather six countries to conduct military exercises around the Taiwan Strait. According to Taiwan's green media Liberty Times, on October 4, 56 PLA military planes flew to the so-called "air defense identification zone" in Taiwan. From October 1 to 4, 149 PLA warplanes flew to the so-called "air defense identification zone" in Taiwan.
During the National Day Golden Week, when the film "Changjin Lake" on the theme of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was screened, the PEOPLE's Liberation Army's move could not help but remind Uncle Hai of the lyrics in the interlude of the classic film "Shangganling" --
"Friends come with good wine, jackals come with shotguns."
Don't look at the Taiwan authorities' defense departments look nervous; in Uncle Hai's view, a large number of plagiarists of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have gone around Taiwan, and at best they are "beating rabbits with grass" against the Taiwan authorities.
Some Chinese mainland media commented that such a large number of military aircraft of the People's Liberation Army circumnavigating Taiwan is tantamount to putting the field of the National Day military parade in the direction of Taiwan.
Netizens in Taiwan ridiculed the DPP authorities
Uncle Hai also noticed that on the eve of Yang Jiechi's meeting with Sullivan, the DPP authorities in the Taiwan region were once again acting as a demon. Tsai Ing-wen wrote an article overnight, published in the bimonthly magazine of the US "Diplomacy", "painfully Chen" Chinese mainland "never gave up his ambitions for Taiwan." Tsai held up the so-called "democratic alliance system" and hoped that the United States would be deeply involved in the Taiwan issue.
But at this time, the CNN website also published a series of articles, the so-called "decoding cross-strait relations", which even had pertinent words. For example—
"This move by China, which is a bit unashamed and self-angry, is well thought out";
"The Taiwan authorities are provoking Chinese mainland."
CNN quoted Lionel Fatton, an expert at webster University in Switzerland, as saying: "Chinese mainland needs some means to block the unwelcome position of the Taiwan authorities, especially the move towards 'Taiwan independence'."
It can be seen that when Yang Jiechi and Sullivan met, the "consensus" on the stage had several contests behind it. And the US side seems to be saying that it has no intention of letting the "Taiwan independence" forces go further...
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The meeting between Yang Jiechi and Sullivan on October 6 was the third high-level meeting between China and the United States this year. Compared with the Anchorage meeting at home in the United States, and the meeting with Wang Yi after the visit of the US deputy secretary of state Sherman to Tianjin and the meeting with Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Xie Feng, this meeting in Zurich is somewhat special -
First, Switzerland is permanently neutral. Geographically, it is about 8,000 kilometers away from both China and the United States. This shows that the premise of this meeting is that there is reciprocity.
Meng Wanzhou returned to China
Secondly, Uncle Hai also noticed that before the meeting, There was some moderation between China and the United States. For example, on September 24, the U.S. Department of Justice reached a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with Meng Wanzhou, allowing her to return to China. For example, at Biden's declaration of trade policy toward China at the beginning of this week, it can be seen from what US Trade Representative Dai Qi said that the US side does not seem to have escalated the trade war, and has proposed the so-called "tariff exclusion procedure". On October 5, the Office of the United States Trade Representative also launched a public consultation on the re-implementation of tariff exemptions for 549 Chinese imports. Dai Qi's proposal of "re-linkage" in response to the "decoupling theory" between China and the United States during the Trump period has attracted attention.
U.S. Trade Representative Dai Qi speaks in Pittsburgh on Sept. 29
Earlier, during the general debate of the UN General Assembly in September, Biden also claimed that the United States would "not fight a new Cold War." Although Biden did not name China at that time, such a statement does show that the United States has "no silver here and three hundred and two", and in disguise admits that the "new Cold War" theory that has been made before is a matter unilaterally made by the United States.
Now, at the meeting between Yang Jiechi and Sullivan zurich, Yang Jiechi proposed to the US side that --
Whether China and the United States can handle their relations well has a bearing on the fundamental interests of the two countries and the two peoples and on the future and destiny of the world. Both countries and the world will benefit from Sino-US cooperation. If China and the United States confront each other, both countries and the world will suffer serious damage. The US side should deeply understand the mutually beneficial and win-win nature of bilateral relations and correctly understand China's domestic and foreign policies and strategic intentions. China opposes the use of "competition" to define Sino-US relations.
If the Biden authorities take note of China's intention, they should work more clearly with China to respect each other's core interests and major concerns and take the road of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation between China and the United States.
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Seeing that Biden will be one year old in office as US president, the heads of state of China and the United States have still not held face-to-face talks. With two months left in 2021, if the two sides remain unable to meet, it will be the first time in 28 years that a U.S. president has failed to meet with a Chinese leader in his first year in office. In addition to the rumor that China and the United States will exchange views on climate change and regional issues of common concern, they agreed to maintain regular dialogue and communication on important issues. The White House revealed that the leaders of the two countries will hold an online meeting before the end of the year, which is at least one intention of the US side.
It seems that between China and the United States, something has finally been negotiated!